Chapter 3: The Arrival of His First Quest

The CEO took it well.

Yang Li was after all forced to adapt into the situation but it did not change who he was as an individual. He did not do things without putting all his efforts into it—but he would do it after business hours. Such a thing like this couldn't delay the fact that he had to finish checking the papers left in his office.

"W-Why are you still sitting around?!" The Panda pointed a paw at him in the face. "You've already got the First Quest already and there's a deadline! I thought you didn't want your Company to collapse!"

He swatted the creature carefully away from his laptop screen and gave it a look, "I work well under pressure but I do not multitask." Yang Li explained until he paused and glanced at the door. Nobody visited his office until it was urgent but the chances of him being caught talking to himself was something he didn't wish to experience.

Thankfully the Panda had shut up and crossed its arms. It seemed to have mumbled something underneath its breath but Yang Li left it alone as it floated elsewhere in the office.

The CEO hummed quietly to himself and continued on with his work for the next few hours in silence. It was almost as if he hadn't actually made an agreement to accept the System, but every now and then, he glanced at the sofa and saw that the Panda was still there.

He could only wonder why it still stayed here but there was no time for that.

Yang Li sighed inwardly as he finalized the last portion of his work for the day, those that he couldn't finish today were placed in a virtual memo in his laptop and had been arranged in their importance and urgency. Finally he also started on the last thing he needed to do before he left the office.

The sound of his printer whirred softly in the background.

Once it was done, the CEO switched off his laptop and stood up from his seat. He went over and picked up the documents that he printed.

"Are you finally done?!" The Panda suddenly asked in an aghast tone. When he turned to look for it, he found that the miniature creature had been lying back on the armrest of the couch before it raised his head to look at him. "Thank the heavens that you're finally done!" It sprang up to its feet and then floated towards him. "What do you have there?"

Yang Li flipped the first piece of document towards the Panda:

Step by Step Guide to Cultivation 101

] Qi Condensation

] Foundation Establishment

] Core Formation

] Nascent Soul

"I printed out information that I could get over the internet." Yang Li told the Panda, it snatched the paper from his hand. He lightly smiled, "It's much better to do some research before I dive into this 'world of cultivation' after all, do you not agree?"

"T-This is… you pesky humans with all of that technology." It was the Panda who grumbled but it looked like he was seeing a floating document in front of him. "You can't trust everything you read on the internet!"

He raised a brow at the comment and nodded, "That's true, but I feel that this may be helpful to me in some way." Yang Li actually felt a bit pleased with this development, after all, he was learning new things. It made him feel a bit young. "I need to brush up on my understanding of this cultivation, albeit this is the first time I've encountered 'Harem Cultivation'... are you sure that this is not what they call a 'Dual Cultivation'?"

The Panda returned the paper and gave him a narrowed look, "Of course it's different! Geez, you humans think you've seen and read everything! All those papers you've printed are useless—go on and read the task again and actually start doing them!"

Yang Li glanced at the papers he held onto and then paused as he recalled another important thing that was said about Systems. He didn't need any verbal commands unlike with the Panda creature, which was actually a relief. It was time to test if that was true, directing his thoughts together, he formed a question.

'Is it possible to cultivate under normal methods?'

[ Cultivating Normally At Host's Age Is Already Useless. Only The Path of Harem Cultivation Will Help the Host Soar Through the Heavens. ]

Yang Li grimaced at the remark. He wasn't actually that old… but he wasn't a newborn child either. He shifted through the papers he had and reached the part that he wanted. It took him a minute before he nodded, "Indeed, it says here that the perfect time to cultivate is around toddler age up to eight years old due to them having the Inborn Qi."

"What?" The Panda gave him a look.

Yang Li smiled lightly, "Isn't it common sense to look for many sources of information? What the System has said is confirmed by this document. It's safe to say that it's somewhat accurate."

"How dare you! How can you doubt the Infallible System?!" The Panda-like creature which was supposed to be black and white looked different. The creature was red in anger at this moment and looked like it was seconds away from exploding like a bomb. But thankfully, it didn't seem to use its previous strength to 'pressure' his surroundings.

The creature's words made him raise a brow, "I never explicitly said that, have I?"

"Y-You—have your last laugh!" The Panda fumed in the air. "You're just some know-it-all guy that the heavens want to crush! I'll watch you fail your first task and go find some other person who'll understand the blessing of the System!"

"Doesn't your words sound a bit contradictory right now?" Yang Li tilted his head, "If the heavens wanted to crush me then why did they give me a System in the first place?"

"Argh, just go ahead and check your first quest already—Time is ticking!"